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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel bad for the people at Dept of  I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything[/quote]I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard. [/quote]

Wealthy districts screw over sped kids too and now will be able to do it even more freely without any oversight. [/quote]

I am not sure how FCPS can do less. Like- they do nothing in the case of my child so can they really do worse? [/quote]

So the expectation going forward is to expect nothing from anyone

Not the school district, not College Board , not colleges, not employers[/quote]

No, I don’t think “expect nothing from anyone” is a fair read. The 3 major federal underpinnings of educational law are still the law of the land - IDEA, SEc. 504 and the ADA. Gutting the DoEd doesn’t change that, although it does gut one common enforcement mechanism. College Board, colleges and employers will all still have to comply with the ADA and Sec. 504, and they all have deep pockets that still make civil suits for violation of rights attractive.

As terrible as the current SCOTUS is on many issues, this SCOTUS has expanded educational disability rights in 2 major recent cases - Endrew F and AJT v Oswego — making it a bit easier to sue. Lawsuits are a more difficult way to enforce rights, but there will also still be a state complaint pathway (the quality of which may vary from state to state).

Don’t give up!

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